97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know

Index 221

Mills, William J.

biography, 209

Meetings Don’t Write Code, 76–77

Mironov, Gennady

biography, 209

Communicating Is Key, 138–139

Moore’s Law, 183

morale, 118–119, 166–167

motivation, 52–53, 143

multiple projects, developers, 41

n

new software project managers, 70–71

Northwest Airlines Flight 1549, 126

o

over-delivering, 154–155

P

perfect execution, fallacy of, 84–85

perfect knowlege, fallacy of, 94–95

personal strengths and weaknesses, 176–177

planning, value of, 170–171

poorly written requirements, 20–21

presentations, 164–165

problem management, 42–43

processes

associated with project management,

112–113

documenting, 30–31

reassessing, 32–33

teaching, 160–161

productivity, developers, 41

program goals, 80–81

project completion, 66–67

project failure, 8–9

project governance, 192–193

project management office (PMO), 56–57,

146, 193

project meeting guidelines, 134

project roadmaps, 100–101

project scope statement, 102–103

project size, 28–29

R

reality time, 82–83

refactoring, 4

refactoring a hack, 61

reinventing the wheel, 18–19

l
Lawal, Lukeman
biography, 206
Engage Stakeholders All Through
Project Life, 168–169
Legare, Martha
biography, 206
What Do They Want to Hear,
Anyway?, 164–165
Lehman, Meir (Manny), 85
Leigh, James
biography, 206
Provide Regular Time to Focus, 40–41
Work in Cycles, 72–73
Letavec, Craig
biography, 207
Planning for Reality, 82–83
localization buffer, 7
long meetings, 70
Loomis, Randy
biography, 207
Save Money on Your Issues, 22–23

M
MacCormack, Kim
biography, 207
Scrolling Through Time, 20–21
MacDougall, Kathy
biography, 208
Chart a Course for Change, 78–79
Roadmaps: What Have We Done for
You Lately?, 100–101
maintaining clever code, 46–47
Marques da Silva, Ernani
biography, 209
Buying Ready-Made Software,
150–151
Effectively Manage the Deliverables,
174–175
Establish Project Management
Governance, 192–193
measuring incorrect parameters, 110–111
measuring success, 36–37
meetings, 76–77
frequent and instant, 178–179
long, 70
methodologies, worshipping, 88–89
Miller, Alex
biography, 209
Important, but Not Urgent, 158–159